trying to get out of the country during a tenuous 72 hour ceasefire that threatens to break. among them are british people being told to go to this air base outside the capital where they are being flown to safety in cyprus then on to the uk where we are expecting very soon the first plane to arrive. the uk says more than 300 people have been evacuated from sudan with more flights expected in the coming hours. full nearly 2000 people from other countries have taken another route out by crossing the red sea on a ship organised by saudi arabia. tens of thousands of sudanese continue to try to reach neighbouring chad, egypt and south sudan. as thousands leave, residents in khartoum tell us about their fears that the world is abandoning them as supplies of food, water and medicine are running low. officials wanted for war crimes have been released from prison although the army says they have been moved to a military hospital. our correspondent is at the airport in cyprus. this is
and the situation in khartoum, we talk about the difficulties of getting to the airport, the fact that there is gun fire and fire raging as well, but i was reading one report of someone saying foreign office told me to make my way to the airport and stay at home to wait for the call. but we don t have any communications, the phone lines have been cut, so some cases it is as simple as that, they re just no communication lines. what are you hearing about daily life in khartoum? hearing about daily life in khartoum? . , , khartoum? that is right, lucy, it is really difficult. khartoum? that is right, lucy, it is really difficult. i khartoum? that is right, lucy, it is really difficult. i was khartoum? that is right, lucy, it is really difficult. i was speaking - khartoum? that is right, lucy, it is really difficult. i was speaking to i really difficult. i was speaking to a journalist based in khartoum who was still there who was telling me that he was really excited this
treacherous journey to the airport. other nations organise convoys. these are some of the points that are being used as criticism against the government and how they have organised this process. the government has pointed out that they have many more nationals to take out of sudan. it s thought there are about 4000 british nationals. the us has also come under criticism, they have about 16,000 nationals in sudan and they have been similarly criticised for being slow to evacuate those citizens. it s that stark contrast between countries like france and germany which have acted very quickly. we ve also seen saudi arabia ferry around 1687 people tojeddah today and it s those contrasts that are making people point out the fact that they feel the british government has not acted swiftly enough.
journey to the airport. treacherous journey to the airport. other nations organise convoys. these are some of the points that are being used as criticism against the government and how they have organised this process. the government has pointed out that they have many more nationals to take out of sudan. it s thought there are about 4000 british nationals. the us has also come under criticism, they have about 16,000 nationals in sudan and they have been similarly criticised for being slow to evacuate those citizens. it s that stark contrast between countries like france and germany which have acted very quickly. we ve also seen saudi arabia ferry around 1687 people tojeddah today and it s those contrasts that are making people point out the fact that they feel the british government has not acted swiftly enough.